Genetics Vocab!! by.AK

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Across
  1. 4. branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited from family members.
  2. 5. an organism that always passes down certain physical traits to its offspring of many generations
  3. 7. the offspring from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds
  4. 8. a distinguishing quality or characteristic
  5. 9. a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.
  6. 11. to receive something from someone who came before you.
  7. 12. the spreading of pollen grains from a flower to the head of another flower.
Down
  1. 1. a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others.
  2. 2. a gene that can be masked by a dominant gene.
  3. 3. when pollen from the same plant arrives at the head of a flower
  4. 6. the passing of traits from parents to children.
  5. 10. the young born of living organisms. They are the children